1999 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 34

yellowblue Your vehicle has a feature that will automatically unlock the doors and turn the interior lamps on when the frontal air bags inflate (if battery power is available). You can lock the doors again and turn the interior lamps off by using the door lock and interior lamp controls. In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag, windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the right front passenger air bag. D Let only qualified technicians work on your air bag systems. Improper service can mean that an air bag system won't work properly. See your dealer for service. NOTICE: If you damage the covering for the driver's or the right front passenger's air bag, or the air bag covering on the driver's and right front passenger's door, the bag may not work properly. You may have to replace the air bag module in the steering wheel, both the air bag module and the instrument panel for the right front passenger's air bag, or both the air bag module and door panel for the driver's and right front passenger's side impact air bag. Do not open or break the air bag coverings. D Air bags are designed to inflate only once. After an air bag inflates, you'll need some new parts for your air bag system. If you don't get them, the air bag system won't be there to help protect you in another crash. A new system will include air bag modules and possibly other parts. The service manual for your vehicle covers the need to replace other parts. D Your vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module, which records information about the air bag and related systems. It records information about the readiness of the air bag systems, when the sensors are activated and driver's safety belt usage at deployment or in a near-deployment crash. Some modules also record speed, engine RPM, brake and throttle data. 1-28